Week 5
The Dana Waddell results speak for themselves, we have gotten
much better since the middle of August, in fact, all but one returning runner
ran faster than their performance in 2012 and many boys ran personal best times.
The week also showed the inevitable beginning of the small nagging injuries.
Shins, feet, knees, and hips seem to be the major culprits, but nothing more
than what I believe we can handle thankfully. Kids have been good about being
very disciplined in doing the right things to running with their injury. We
ended the week with the healthy senior boys running about 45 miles. The week was
Tuesday’s race, a nice distance (bike relay) on Wednesday, Thursday we ran a 2
mile tempo run, and we finished the week on Saturday with a solid effort on the
track. During this track workout Becca, Kelsey, Sammi, and Emily ran the
equivalent of new season personal best times within the workout. The
greatest hurdle we faced during the week was the downturn of mental focus due to
the ten day break in between races.
The Dana Waddell results speak for themselves, we have gotten
much better since the middle of August, in fact, all but one returning runner
ran faster than their performance in 2012 and many boys ran personal best times.
The week also showed the inevitable beginning of the small nagging injuries.
Shins, feet, knees, and hips seem to be the major culprits, but nothing more
than what I believe we can handle thankfully. Kids have been good about being
very disciplined in doing the right things to running with their injury. We
ended the week with the healthy senior boys running about 45 miles. The week was
Tuesday’s race, a nice distance (bike relay) on Wednesday, Thursday we ran a 2
mile tempo run, and we finished the week on Saturday with a solid effort on the
track. During this track workout Becca, Kelsey, Sammi, and Emily ran the
equivalent of new season personal best times within the workout. The
greatest hurdle we faced during the week was the downturn of mental focus due to
the ten day break in between races.